World Record Is Set In the Triple Jump - NYTimes.com World Record Is Set In the Triple Jump Published: July 19, 1995 SALAMANCA, Spain, July 18— Jonathan Edwards of Britain broke the 10-year-old world record in the triple jump today with a jump of 59 feet in the Salamanca Provincial meet. Edwards, a bronze medalist in the 1993 world championships, passed the mark of 58-11 1/2 set in Indianapolis in 1985 by Willie Banks of the United States. Edwards had been chasing Banks's record for the past month and jumped 60-5 3/4 with an illegal tail wind in a meet last month in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. It was the longest triple jump under any conditions. The record leap today came on the 29-year-old Briton's second jump with a tail wind of 1.8 meters a second. The legal limit is 2.0 meters a second.

Edwards passed on this third attempt after setting the record and then pulled up on his fourth attempt, appearing to strain a leg muscle on the final step as he began his takeoff. He skipped his final two jumps. Edwards, who will be the favorite in next's month's world championships in Sweden, pulled out of last week's British trials with a sore ankle. He missed most of last season with a virus. Track and field marks that defied time - Rediff Sports Rediff Sports Read news as it happens Available on Rediff.com » Sports » Track and field marks that defied time Track and field marks that defied time Last updated on: July 6, 2011 21:05 IST Mike Powell holds the long jump record for two decades A chance meeting with long jump world record holder Mike Powell earlier this week, coupled with the ongoing Diamond League, inspires Senior Associate Editor Bikash Mohapatra to take a look at athletics records that have withstood the test of time. Since Mike Powell is the reason why I am writing this, I will start with him.

The American cleared 8.95 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Tokyo (Japan) back in 1991, his effort ensuring his compatriot Bob Beamon's 23-year-old old mark - a jump of 8.90 metres at the Mexico Olympics in 1968 - was finally broken. There have been many long jumpers thereafter who have won gold medals at major international events since, but none have come anywhere close to Powell's mark. The man himself couldn't replicate the feat. While he successfully defended his world title in Stuttgart (Germany) two years later, the distance (8.59 metres) was nowhere close to his world mark. On August 30 this year, it will be 20 years that Powell, now 47, has held this record. * The list includes only those athletes who have held on to their records for more than a decade Image: Mike Powell Prev Next A late bloomer, Jarmila Kratochvilova's first brush with fame came in the Moscow Olympics in 1980 when she won silver in the women's 400 metres.

Three years later, the Czech, then 32, surprisingly broke the 800 metres world record in Munich, with a timing of 1:53:28 seconds. Her effort helped her eclipse the mark of 1:53:43s set by Nadezhda Olizarenko of the erstwhile Soviet Union at the Moscow Olympics. At the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki (Finland), she won gold medals in both the 400 metres and the 800 metres, thereby completing a double. Her timing (47.99 secs) in the 400m was a world record, eventually broken by her nemesis Marita Koch in 1985. Kratochvilova's 800 metres mark though still stands. In fact on the 26th of this month, it will be 28 years since she achieved the feat. Image: Jarmila Kratochvilova Prev Next Marita Koch is one of the most decorated athletes of all-time.

Having secured her first major success at the Moscow Olympics in 1980, where she won gold in the women's 400 metres, the German went on to win three gold medals in the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki. An East German boycott of the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 denied her a chance to defend her title. However, on in October 1985, she broke the 400m world record en route to winning the World Cup in Canberra (Australia). Koch's timing of 47.60 secs bettered Czech Jarmila Kratochvilova's 47.99 secs set at the Helsinki worlds in 1983. Twenty-six years later, Koch's record still stands. Image: Marita Koch Prev Next One of the most decorated hammer throwers of all-time, Yuri Sedykh's resume includes gold medals at successive Olympics, in Montreal (1976) and Moscow (1980). and the World Championships in Tokyo (1991). Sandwiched in between his efforts in the Olympics and the worlds, is his effort at the European Championships in Stuttgart (Germany) in 1986.

His throw of 86.74 metres helped him set a new world record, bettering his own mark (86.66 m) set in Tallinn (Estonia) two months earlier. In the history of hammer throw, only two other throwers have cleared over 86 meters -- Belarussian Ivan Tikhon (86.73m in Brest) and Sergei Litvinov (86.04m). Next month will be the 25th anniversary of Sedykh's world record. Image: Yuri Sedykh Prev Next After the husband comes the wife! Less than a year after future husband Yuri Sedykh broke the hammer throw record, a mark that still stands, Natalya Lisovskaya did the same in the women's shot put. The Russian, then competing for the erstwhile Soviet Union, achieved a distance of 22.63 metres in June 1987 to break her own mark (22.53m) set in Sochi in 1984. Lisovskaya went on to win the gold medal at the World Championships (in Rome) that year and at the Seoul Olympics the following year.

Twenty-four years later, her record (like her husband's) remains unbroken. Image: Natalya Lisovskaya Prev Next It's been 25 years now that Stefka Kostadinova has held the women's high jump world record. On 25 May, 1986, the Bulgarian cleared 2.07 metres to equal her compatriot Lyudmila Andonova's mark set in East Berlin in 1984. Six days later, Kostadinova bettered that record, jumping 2.08 metres at a meet in Sofia. And in the 1987 World Championships in Rome, the Bulgarian cleared 2.09 metres en route to winning the gold. That marks stands as the world record in the discipline. Kostadinova went on to win the world title for a second time in Gothenburg (Sweden) in 1995 before claiming her first and only Olympic gold medal in Atlanta a year later. Image: Stefka Kostadinova Prev Next If the men's long jump world record (Mike Powell's) has remained unbroken in almost 20 years, the women's equivalent has been intact even longer.

When Galina Chistyakova of the erstwhile Soviet Union cleared a distance of 7.52 metres in an athletic meet in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) in 1988, she broke American Jackie Joyner-Kersee's mark (7.45 metres), set in Dresden (Germany) a year earlier. Chistyakova could only manage a bronze medal in the Seoul Olympics a few months later, when Joyner-Kersee won comfortably. In fact, she could never win either an Olympic or world title. Her world record though remains untouched. Image: Galina Chistyakova Prev Next Yordanka Donkova set four world records in the 100 metres hurdles in 1986. However, the following year compatriot Ginka Zagorcheva, who went on to win the event in the World Championships in Rome, usurped the mark by completing in 12.25 secs. At Stara Zagora in 1988 though, Donkova had her revenge, completing the distance in a new record of 12.21 secs. It was her fifth world mark overall.

The Bulgarian went on to win the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics later that year. And that remained the highlight of her career. Besides, her record still stands. Image: Yordanka Donkova Prev Next Randy Barnes was no match to Ulf Timmermann in the men's shot put final in the Seoul Olympics in 1988. While the German, who had set the world record (23.06 metres) earlier in the year in Chania (Greece), won comfortably with a throw of 22.47 metres, the American had to settle for the silver (with 22.39 metres). Two years later though, Barnes broke Timmermann's record with a throw of 23.12 metres in Los Angeles. Three months later, he tested positive and was banned for more than two years, thereby failing to participate in the Barcelona Olympics. Barnes returned to win gold in style in the Atlanta Olympics (1996) with a throw of 21.62 metres. He tested positive again in 1998 and was banned for life. His world record remains intact though.

Image: Randy Barnes Prev Next Wang Junxia surprised one and all in August 1993 when she won the women's 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Stuttgart. In fact, in that particular edition, Wang and other Chinese long distance runners under the tutelage of infamous coach Ma Junren, swept everything in front of them. A month later, at the Chinese National Games, she broke the world record in both the 3,000 metres (the event has become defunct since) as well as the 10,000 metres. Her timing of 29:31.78s in the latter helped her eclipse the earlier mark (30:13.74s) held by former world champion Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway. Wang went on to win the 5,000 metres gold and a silver in the 10,000 metres at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Image: Wang Junxia Sergey Bubka's feats can't be described in words. The legendary Ukrainian pole vaulter broke the world record on 17 occasions.

And, save for one, when he reclaimed it from Frenchman Thierry Vigneron, the rest were just about bettering his own effort. Between August 1984 and July 1994, Bubka broke his own mark on 14 occasions. His final clearance, 6.14 metres (more than 20 feet) achieved in Sestriere (Italy), remains the world mark for the discipline. Besides breaking world records, Bubka also claimed a record six world titles and also won the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Image: Sergey Bubka Prev Next Jonathan Edwards's feat was a historic one. At the World Championships in Gothenburg (Sweden) in 1995, the Briton broke the world triple jump record twice during the event. His first jump made him the first to break the 18-metre barrier (18.16 metres). And less than half an hour later, Edwards jumped 18.29 metres (60 feet) to claim the world title. The record remains untouched even after 16 years.

Edwards went on to win the triple jump gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 before claiming a second world title in Edmonton (Canada) a year later. Image: Jonathan Edwards Prev Next Jan Zelezny first claimed the world javelin record in May 1987, his throw of 87.66 metres in Nitra (Czech Republic) helping him erase German Klaus Tafelmeier's existing record (85.74). The Czech lost it to Swede Patrik Boden (89.10) in 1990 and three months later, it was Briton Steve Backley who held the record (89.58m). Zelezny retained and lost his record in the same month (July 1990) but those marks were erased after the IAAF banned the serrated tails in 1991. Backley, having got back his record, upped it further in 1992 with a throw of 91.46 in New Zealand. However, in 1993 Zelezny regained his record with a throw of 95.54 metres in Pietersburg (South Africa).

The Czech broke his own record on two occasions, the last of which, a distance of 98.48 metres achieved in Jena (Germany) in May 1996 remains the best javelin effort yet. Image: Jan Zelezny Prev Next It took him 11 years but legendary American athlete Michael Johnson did break his compatriot Butch Reynolds' world record in the 400 metres. Johnson's timing of 43.18 secs, achieved in the World Championships in Seville (Spain) in 1999, bettered Reynolds's effort (43.29 secs) in Zurich (Switzerland) in 1988. Johnson, who won four Olympic gold medals and eight World championships golds, also held the 200 metres (between 1996 and 2008) before Jamaican Usain Bolt bested it at the Beijing Olympics. Bolt went on to improve his effort in Berlin a month later. Johnson's 400 metres mark is still a world record.

Image: Michael Johnson Prev Next Hicham El Guerrouj is also referred to as the 'King of the Mile.' The Moroccan is one of the best middle distance runners ever, having two Olympic and four World championships gold medals to show for his efforts. In 1997, El Guerrouj became the first athlete to beat the legendary Noureddine Morceli over 1500 metres in four years. A year later, in Rome, the Moroccan eclipsed the Algerian's world record. While Morceli had a timing of 3:27.37 set in Nice (France) in 1995, El Guerrouj clocked 3:26.00 in Rome (Italy). The record has not been touched in 14 years. Image: Hicham El Guerrouj Triple Jump | iaaf.org Triple Jump Triple Jump How it works Competitors sprint along a runway before taking off from a wooden board. The take-off foot absorbs the first landing, the hop. The next phase, the step, is finished on the opposite foot and then followed by a jump into a sandpit.

The distance travelled, from the edge of the board to the closest indentation in the sand to it, is then measured. A foul is committed – and the jump is not measured – if an athlete steps beyond the board. Most championship competitions involve six jumps per competitor, although usually a number of them, those with the shorter marks, are often eliminated after three jumps. If competitors are tied, the athlete with the next best distance is declared the winner. History At the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896, the event consisted of two hops and a jump but the format of a hop, a skip, a jump – hence its alternative name which was still in common usage until recently – was standardised in 1908. Did you know When Great Britain’s Jonathan Edwards set the current world record of 18.29m to win at the 1995 IAAF World Championships, he jumped a distance in excess of the width of a football penalty box. Gold standard Soviet jumper Viktor Saneyev from Georgia won three consecutive Olympic titles from 1968 to 1976.

The only men to win more than once at the IAAF World Championships is Jonathan Edwards, who was victorious in 1995 and 2001, and Christian Taylor, who won in 2011 and 2015. The best ever women's competition came at the 2008 Olympic Games when Cameroon's Francoise Mbango successfully defended her title from four years before with 15.39m, the second best distance ever, and six women jumped beyond 15 metres. Caterine Ibarguen in the womens Triple Jump qualifications at the IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 (Getty Images) © Copyright Icons Jonathan Edwards The Briton with the wonderfully poised technique set the current world record of 18.29m when winning the first of his two world titles in 1995; the second came in 2001. He also took the 2000 Olympic gold medal and won at the 1998 European Championships and 2002 Commonwealth Games. Tatyana Lebedeva The Russian, who regularity sports brightly coloured hair styles, was the world champion in 2001 and 2003.

She also won at the 2004 World Indoor Championships when she bounded out to three world indoor records during the course of the competition. She produced a summer of stunning consistency in 2005 when she was the sole winner of the IAAF’s $1m Golden League Jackpot. Lebedeva also won the long jump at the 2004 Olympic Games and 2007 IAAF World Championships. Triple Jump men Outdoor All time 1 Triple Jump women Outdoor All time 1 TRACK AND FIELD - For Edwards, 59-0 Was a Leap of Faith - NYTimes.com TRACK AND FIELD; For Edwards, 59-0 Was a Leap of Faith By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY Published: August 5, 1995 Jonathan Edwards broke the world record in the triple jump on a Tuesday, which was just fine by Edwards but not quite the perfect ending for those who have followed his slow, unconventional and ultimately astonishing rise. Sunday is the day that best symbolizes Edwards. The son of an Anglican vicar and a devoutly Christian mother, Edwards grew up in Devonshire well aware of the importance of respecting the sabbath.

In the Edwards home, Sunday was a day for rest and reflection. There was to be no academic work, no exercise and, perhaps most difficult for Edwards, no watching English soccer matches on television. Soon his own faith turned out to be every bit the equal of his parents' faith, and as Edwards gradually developed into a world-class triple jumper, he kept the sabbath separate: no training and no competitions. "It wasn't exactly my religion that kept me from competing," he said recently. "It was more that I wanted to keep Sunday different." Edwards faces no such choice between God and competition at the world track and field championships, which officially opened yesterday in Goteborg, Sweden. The triple jump trials take place today and the finals are on Monday. But he has made the hard choice in the past. He sat out the 1988 British championships, where the triple jump fell on a Sunday, and had to be named to the Olympic team separately. He sat out the 1991 world championships in Tokyo, even after his agent tried swaying him with the argument that Sunday in Japan would be Saturday in England. All this was not without local precedent.

At the 1924 Summer Olympics, the British sprinter Eric Liddell, a committed Christian who later became one of the subjects of the Oscar-winning film "Chariots of Fire," declined to run in the 100 meters because the qualifying heats fell on a Sunday. Liddell, the favorite to win the 100, ended up switching events and winning the 400. Unfortunately for Edwards, in these increasingly specialized 90's, the only event he was much good at was the triple jump. But in 1993, he ultimately relented after his fellow Christian and Briton, the 400-meter hurdler Kriss Akabusi, went into retirement. Unlike Edwards, Akabusi had always competed on the sabbath, and Edwards determined that it was now up to him to run with the Christian baton.

"I decided it was my job to be at all the meets to be a Christian witness," said Edwards, who explained in 1993 that he was doing "what I feel God is telling me to do." His decision would coincide with the best season of his career in which he would win a bronze medal in the world championships and hop, step and jump to a personal best of 17.44 meters (57 feet 2 3/4 inches). At this stage, Edwards, who holds a physics degree from Durham University, was still moonlighting as a genetic scientist specializing in chromosome analysis at Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. But on the strength of his 1993 results, he decided to devote all his time to triple jumping: no small decision for a 27-year-old with a wife and infant son to support. What ensued was disastrous. After a respectable performance at the British championships, he spent the rest of the season feeling sluggish and out of sorts, finishing sixth in the European championships and failing to even break the 16-meter (52-6) barrier at the Grand Prix finals in early September.

Edwards was worried enough to check into a hospital in Middlesex for extensive tests and discovered he was afflicted with the Epstein-Barr virus, one of the causes of mononucleosis. Relieved at least to have an explanation, he rested until January and soon set off with his family for the Florida State campus in Tallahassee, where the British Olympic Committee has established a training base in preparation for the heat and humidity of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Edwards quickly made friends with several of the locals, particularly Florida State's assistant track coach, Dennis Nobles. Edwards already had a three-man support team back in England: the longtime coach Carlton Johnson, Peter Stanley and the physiotherapist Norman Anderson. Nobles would become the fourth member of the informal unit, making some technical suggestions and keeping in touch regularly by letter and telephone. "It's more a friendship than anything else," Nobles said. "I think he kind of surprised himself when he was over here. He was doing some pretty good jumps from short approaches, and I think because of that, he went back to England in March thinking bigger.

But I don't think you can ever go into a season after basically a year off thinking you're going to improve by half a meter and set a world record. You just don't do that." Unfortunately for Willie Banks, the crowd-pleasing American who held the world record for the last decade, Edwards has done just that. And if not for a few ill-timed gusts of wind, Edwards would have obliterated Banks's mark of 58-11 1/2, not merely beaten it by a centimeter. The first sign the man with the youthful features and streaks of gray in his dark hair was heading toward something exceptional came on June 11, a Sunday of all days, when he set a British national record with a leap of 56-8 1/4. The exceptional came two Sundays later at the European Cup in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, when Edwards became the first man to go past 60 feet and twice jumped farther than Banks's world mark, only to be kept out of the record books by a persistent wind that was slightly above the 2 meters-per-second (or 4.47 miles per hour) limit.

Nonetheless, his four-jump series -- 58-8 3/4, 60-5 3/4, 58-1 3/4 and 60-4 -- was the most exceptional afternoon in the history of his discipline. "He was out there where other guys never even dream of going," said Banks, now 39 and director of Olympic Village Athletes' Services for the 1996 Atlanta games. Until that Sunday, Banks had the longest triple jump in any conditions: a 59-8 1/2 effort in 1988. But that came with a stiff, following wind of 5.2 meters per second. When Edwards popped his 60-5 3/4, the favorable wind was only 2.4 meters per second. Back in England, Edwards jumped another wind-assisted 59-2. When he finally broke the record for real on July 18 in Salamanca, Spain, with a leap of 59-0, nobody was remotely surprised, not even Edwards, who cheerfully admits that he cannot explain all that has happened to him.

Yes, he has studied and imitated the arm movements of the American Mike Conley, the reigning world champion. Yes, he has improved his jump segment by getting more extension with his legs before landing. Yes, he is in robust health and high spirits. But 60-5 3/4? "People probably think I'm on drugs or something," he said, laughing to make sure everyone knew he was not. "I just don't know. Something is fundamentally different in me before my virus and after my virus. Maybe I needed a good rest, but in my mind all the little things just don't add up to the big thing. I still don't consider myself as talented an athlete as some of the others." Edwards's personal best in the 100 meters is 10.7 seconds, and now he is losing little of that velocity as he breaks into his hop. Other jumpers almost seem to stick in the track as they land. Edwards seems to gather strength from his landings, flowing seamlessly from phase to phase. "It's the double jump, not the triple jump," Conley reportedly cracked after seeing how far Edwards had flown on his hop and step alone in Salamanca.

Of course, however far Edwards flies, in his mind, he will not be jumping alone. "I thank God for what has happened," he said last week. Informed of that comment, Banks paused, chuckled and then said, "You know what; that may be the only explanation for someone being able to jump that far." Photo: Jonathan Edwards about to land a triple jump at a meet in Salamanca, Spain, on July 18. Edwards would set the world record in the event that afternoon. (Reuters)(pg.27) British Athletics Official Website | Jonathan Edwards Coach(s): Carl Johnson, Norman Anderson and Peter Stanley. Â Â Decision Time Jonathan Edwards took triple jumping to another level in the summer of 1995, where he established a world record which could last more than one generation. When he leapt 18.29m, he became the first athlete to clear 60ft for this event and since then only other athlete, American Kenny Harrison, has cleared the 18m-barrier - and he did that to beat Edwards to Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996.

Edwards achieved his success in a career where this vicarâs son, as a committed Christian,Â at first heÂ chose not to compete on Sundays, passing the chance of taking part in the World Championships in 1991. But by Stuttgart in 1993, he had changed his mind, which proved a fortunate decision because the qualifying round of the triple jump at the World Championships was on a Sunday. He progressed safely to the final, where he took the bronze medal and it proved the foundation to greatness.Â Â Itâs Longâ¦Itâs Very Long Edwards had first jumped 16m in 1986 and progressed rapidly to become the best triple jumper in Britain by 1989, when he burst into world class and was third at the World Cup with 17.28m. In 1990 his form was affected by an injured right ankle, but he won the Commonwealth silver medal, a feat he repeated in 1994. He won the World Cup in 1992, but the sensational part of his amazing 1995 was the fact it was so unexpected.

Â The previous summer he had finished sixth at the European Championships in Helsinki before winning silver at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, solid-enough performances but nothing to say that 12 months later he would become untouchable. Edwards had fabulous speed on the runway. It is believed he was even quicker than Linford Christie, Britainâs 1992 Olympic 100m champion, over 20m - and combining that with his slick hop, skipping and jumping, it became an unbeatable package. He had started the outdoor season with a British record 17.58m, having achieved a wind-assisted best of 17.70m in 1993. But it was at the European Cup in Lille, ironically on a Sunday, that Britain realised it had a phenomenon on its hands. His series was 17.90m(w), an amazing 18.43m(w,+2.4), 17.72m with a legal wind to add 14 cm to his British record, and 18.39m(w,+3.7).

The previous longest ever jump was 18.20 m (w,+5.2) by American Willie Banks at Indianapolis in 1988 who also held the world record of 17.97m. Â His best of 18.43m (w) was comprised ofÂ a 6.50m hop, a 5.60m step and a 6.33m jump and the world record was not too far away. It came at Salamanca, Spain, when he jumped 17.98m, before the World Championships in Gothenburg became his finest hour. Edwards was at his peak. His speed was remarkable on that afternoon in Sweden and his first jump blew away the rest of the competition. He jumped 18.16m, smashing his world record, and then in the second round, he went even further, clearing 18.29m. He had recorded the first legal 18m and 60ft jumps with legal wind and ended the year unbeaten in 14 competitions.

He was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, the LâEquipe International Champion of ChampionsÂ and he wasÂ the IAAF Male Athlete of 1995. But often he recalled how his âfameâ hit him most when he was shopping at the Metro Centre near his home in Gateshead, when suddenly he was mobbed by people who just wanted to congratulate him.Â Â Olympics Here We Come One of the difficulties Edwards faced was the level of expectation and while he entered the Olympic Games in Atlanta as favourite, it was not to be. It was there that his run of 22 successive wins was ended by Harrison, whose 18.09m beat Edwards into silver by 21 centimetres. He remained optimistic that he would be still be around at this level for Sydney four years later, but before that he had to battle through some of the most traumatic times of his career. In 1997, the defence of his world title in Athens saw him finish second before he had keyhole surgery on his left ankle at the end of the 1998 season, forcing him to miss the Commonwealth Games, though he had finally lifted the European title in Budapest.

He won nine of his 12 competitions in 1999, although he was left disappointed by finishing third at the World Championships in Seville, an event which ended with him and wife Alison cuddling by the trackside, during a difficult time for their family because of his mother-in-law being ill. In 2000, he was the World No 1 again, but days before the Games were about to start, his mother-in-law died. Edwards contemplated returning home. He was told to stay, andÂ fuelled upÂ with even more emotion and dedication to the cause, he won the gold medal. His moment arrived in the third round, with a jump of 17.71m, the best in the world and further proof of the way he had shown how mentally he could climb through the barrier of not winning a global title since 1995.He was back, and though he had to settle for silver at the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon with 17.26m as Paolo Camossi won with 17.32m, outdoors he reigned supreme again.

After securing a place in the World championship final in Edmonton with the last of his three jumps in qualifying, he then leapt 17.92m to become only the second Briton to regain a world title (Colin Jackson in 1999 was the other).Â Â Manchester Calling The main gold medal to elude Edwards was the Commonwealth Games title, but he put that right on a Sunday evening in Manchester in 2002. Londoner Phillips Idowu had been fast progressing as the man who one day would succeed him as British No 1 and here he led the competition with 17.68m. Edwards took to the runway, looked around, knew his time had come again and in the third round set a world-leading mark of 17.86m to complete the set of the four majors. Christian Olsson, of Sweden, who had sat in the stand in his home city of Gothenburg in 1995 watching Edwardsâ exploits, was the new kid on the block and he won the European title in Munich in 17.53m as the British star finished third with 17.32m.

In 2003,Â Edwards made a late start to his outdoor campaign, but then produced an amazing 17.61m, his best ever seasonâs opener, in the Gateshead with an even bigger no jump in the third round in the competition won by Olsson with 17.92m (w).Â He was third at Stockholm with 17.14m and at the London Grand Prix with 17.19m, yet in the latter he sustained an ankle injury and was carried off. A scan showed no break and he was able to compete at the World Championships in Paris, qualifying with 16.94m, but he took only two jumps in the final, thus ending his wonderful career in anti-climatic fashion, last with 16.31m. He has moved into television, as an athletics commentator on the BBC and as the presenter of the Sunday evening religious show Songs Of Praise. He received an MBE in 1995 and CBE in 2000, but still there is no sign of his world record being eclipsed.

Â International Championships at triple jump 1987: 9th World University Games 1988: dnq 23rd Olympics For Edwards, a Triple Double; Briton Breaks Own Triple Jump Record Twice at Championships - The Washington Post | HighBeam Research APA Fred Barbash. "For Edwards, a Triple Double; Briton Breaks Own Triple Jump Record Twice at Championships." The Washington Post. WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post. 1995. Retrieved January 08, 2017 from HighBeam Research: Please use HighBeam citations as a starting point only. Not all required citation information is available for every article, and citation requirements change over time. For Edwards, a Triple Double; Briton Breaks Own Triple Jump Record Twice at Championships August 8, 1995 | Fred Barbash | Copyright Copyright WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights or concerns about this content should be directed to Customer Service .

Create a link to this page Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog: <a href="" title="For Edwards, a Triple Double; Briton Breaks Own Triple Jump Record Twice at Championships | HighBeam Research">For Edwards, a Triple Double; Briton Breaks Own Triple Jump Record Twice at Championships</a> Gwen Torrence of the United States won a gold in the 100-meter sprint today while U.S. teammate Dan O'Brien triumphed in the decathlon at the World Track and Field Championships. But it was a slight, self-effacing, chess-playing, triple-jumping scientist from Newcastle, England -- Jonathan Edwards -- who stopped the show by shattering the world record on his first jump, only to better that distance a few minutes later on his second. On his first try, Edwards broke his own 1995 world record by soaring 59 feet 7 inches (18.16 meters). But his second leap assured him a place in sports history as he broke the 60-foot barrier by a quarter of an inch (18.29 meters).

Edwards had jumped beyond 60 feet in other competitions, but those performances were wind-aided and could not be accepted as world marks. … U.S. Air Force Military Biographies; January 1, 2004 700+ words BRIGADIER GENERAL EDMUND B. EDWARDS Retired July 1, 1974. Died Dec. 6, 2003. Brigadier General Edmund B. Edwards is deputy director of military support, Department of the Army, in Washington, D.C. General Edwards was born at Camp Pike, Ark., in 1920, the son of an Army Artillery officer. He… U.S. Air Force Military Biographies; January 1, 2004 700+ words MAJOR GENERAL JAY T. EDWARDS Retired Aug. 1, 1982. Major General Jay T. Edwards is commander of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center with headquarters at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. General Edwards was born in 1931, in Clarksville, Tenn. He graduated from Clarksville High School in 1949 and… U.S.

Air Force Military Biographies; January 1, 2004 609 words LIEUTENANT GENERAL IDWAL H. EDWARDS Retired March 9, 1954. Died Nov. 25, 1981. Idwal H. Edwards was born in Freedom, N.Y., in 1895. He entered the Army in 1917, and in February 1918 was transferred to the Air Corps. During the period between the two World Wars, he served in the Philippines, in… States News Service; December 4, 2009 444 words WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of Maryland Rep. Donna F. Edwards: Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (D-MD) was encouraged by today's announcement from the Labor Department that 11,000 jobs were lost in November, causing the unemployment rate to drop .2 percent. The… Arkansas Business; June 4, 2007 259 words Wachovia Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., the nation's fourth-largest bank, is buying A.G.

Edwards & Sons Inc. for $6.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal to form the second-largest retail brokerage firm in the United States. A.G. Edwards has 18 offices in Arkansas that will become a part of Wachovia… Women's Triple Jump World Records Women's Triple Jump World Records Women's Triple Jump World Records The women's official and unofficial world record progression Inessa Kravets set the women's triple jump world record on her way to victory at the 1995 World Championships. Mike Powell/Getty Images Share By Mike Rosenbaum Although women’s triple jumping dates to at least the early 20th century, the event wasn’t added to any major women’s championships until 1991. As a result, records of women’s triple jumping prior to the 1980s is sporadic. The first generally accepted but unofficial women’s triple jump world record was set in 1922, at the United States trials for the upcoming Women’s World Games. The competition was a response to the International Olympic Committee’s refusal to permit women to compete in the 1924 Olympics.

Although the Games themselves didn’t include the triple jump, the event was part of the U.S. Trials meet, held in Mamoronek, N.Y. Elizabeth Stine won the competition, leaping 10.32 meters (33 feet, 10¼ inches) to set the initial women’s triple jump standard. Stine went on to earn a silver medal at the World Games in the long jump. Only four more unofficial women’s triple jump world marks were recorded before 1981. Adrienne Kanel of Switzerland jumped 10.50/34-5¼ in 1923. continue reading below our video 10 Best Basketball Players of All Time Japan’s Kinue Hitomi – a versatile athlete who went on to earn an 800-meter silver medal in the 1928 Olympics – improved the mark to 11.62/38-1½ during the Osaka Games in 1926. Rie Yamauchi of Japan recorded a jump of 11.66/38-3 in 1939.

In 1959, Mary Bignal – later known as Mary Rand – broke past 12 meters in a jump measuring 12.22/40-1. Rand went on to set the official world long jump record while earning a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics. Americans Dominate the Triple Jump Women’s triple jumping increased in popularity in the 1980s, particularly in the United States, as American women set new – but still unofficial – world marks seven times from 1981-85. Terri Turner leaped 12.43/40-9¼ in 1981 and 12.47/40-10¾ in 1982. In 1983, Melody Smith recorded a jump of 12.51/41-½, then Easter Gabriel improved the mark to 12.98/42-7. Turner topped the 13-meter barrier with jumps measuring 13.15/43-1¾ and 13.21/43-4 in 1984.

Wendy Brown – a 19-year-old competing for the University of Southern California – extended the standard to 13.58/44-6¾ in 1985. Her effort was recognized by USA Track and Field as the American women’s junior record, a mark that stood until 2004. Esmeralda Garcia of Brazil ended the U.S. streak by leaping 13.68/44-10½ in 1986, at an Indianapolis meet. The record was then broken five times in 1987, with Brown leading the way on May 2 when she posted a jump of 13.71/44-11¾. Flora Hyacinth of the Virgin Islands leaped 13.73/45-½ on May 17, while competing for the University of Alabama.

American Sheila Hudson reached 13.78/45-2½ on June 6 and improved the mark to 13.85/45-5¼ on June 26, before China’s Li Huirong capped the year by passing 14 meters on her way to a jump measuring 14.04/46-¾ in October. Li improved her record to 14.16/46-5½ in China the following year. Ukrainian-born Galina Chistyakova – who’d set the official world long jump record 1988 – established what became the final unofficial world record of 14.52/47-7½ while competing for the Soviet Union in 1989. Women’s Triple Jump Enters the Mainstream Women’s triple jump became a part of every major world championship competition during the 1990s and was added to the Olympics in 1996. The IAAF finally recognized a women’s triple jumping world record in 1990, when Li jumped 14.54/47-8½ in a meet in Sapporo, Japan.

In 1991, after winning the first women’s World Indoor Championship triple jump gold medal, Ukraine’s Inessa Kravets – performing for the Soviet Union – improved the world record to 14.95/49-½ in a Moscow meet, despite a 0.2 mps headwind. Russia’s Iolanda Chen edged the standard up to 14.97/49-1¼ in another Moscow meet in 1993, but only held the mark for two months. At the first outdoor World Championship women’s triple jump competition – held in Stuttgart – Russia’s Anna Biryukova competed in both the long jump and the triple jump. She didn’t reach the final in the long jump but did qualify for the triple jump final, even though she’d competed in the event for less than one year. Biryukova led the competition through four rounds with a personal best 14.77/48-5½. In the fifth round she passed the 15-meter barrier and leaped 15.09/49-6 to win the gold and place her name in the record books.

Entering the 1995 World Championship final, Biryukova’s effort was still the only 15-meter triple jump in women’s history. But perhaps Jonathan Edwards’ record-setting effort in the men’s final three days earlier served as an inspiration, because the top three women combined for a total of four jumps of at least 15 meters apiece during the women’s final. The parade began with Biryukova herself, who challenged her record but fell just short at 15.08/49-5¾ in round three. Next came Kravets – now competing for Ukraine. She’d fouled in her first two attempts, so she needed a legal jump that put her in the top eight just to continue in the event. She did that and more, shattering the old mark with an attempt measuring 15.50/50-10¼. Iva Prandzheva of Bulgaria also topped Biryukova’s former standard, reaching 15.18/49-9½ in round five before closing at 15.00/49-2½ on her final try.

That left Prandzheva with a silver medal, despite owning what was then the second-best jump in women’s history, while Biryukova settled for the bronze. Read more about the triple jump: Olsson fired by new rivals and a distant memory | The Independent Olsson fired by new rivals and a distant memory Triple-jump veteran rejoins Idowu and Tamgho in race to follow a legend over the magical 18-metre mark Friday 6 August 2010 23:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Fifteen years ago, Christian Olsson first watched an 18m triple jump. "Yeah," the affable Swede said, casting his mind back to the afternoon of 7 August, 1995, "I was sitting about 15 rows up in the stand, just above the 18m mark." As a 15-year-old programme seller at the World Championships in Gothenburg, Olsson had finished his duties for the day just in time to get a perfect view of Jonathan Edwards venturing into world record territory.

Not once, but twice, during the course of the final, the Gateshead Harrier broke the sand at world record distances, jumping 18.16m in the first round and 18.29m in the second. "It would be a memory for a lifetime," Olsson mused, "even if I hadn't become a triple jumper and come up against Edwards. It was such an atmosphere ... and the way he did it ... twice in the same competition ... the whole arena just exploded." Back in 1995, when the World Championships came to his home town, Olsson was an emerging teenage high jumper, a member of the local Orgryte club. He went on to win the European Junior Championship title in 1999 but then turned his attention to the hop, step and jump – and to following in Edwards's footsteps. In 2001, he took the silver medal behind the Briton at the World Championships in Edmonton but, in 2002, he beat him to the European title in Munich and then succeeded him as the world champion in Paris the following year, after which Edwards finally hung up his spikes.

In Athens in 2004, Olsson claimed Edwards's Olympic crown. At 24, the Gothenburger seemed poised to become the Harry Lime of the triple jump: the third man, after Edwards and the American Kenny Harrison, to venture beyond 18m. Six years on, Olsson is still short of the mark. His best jumps, 17.83m indoors and 17.79m outdoors, were set back in 2004. Now 30, the 6ft 4in Swede is on the comeback trail again following yet another of the injuries that have hamstrung his triple-jumping career. Last week, he missed the European Championships in Barcelona but last night he was jumping in the DN Galan meeting here in the Swedish capital.

Next Friday, he competes in the Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace – against Phillips Idowu, the 31-year-old Briton who prevailed in Barcelona, adding the European title to the World Championship crown he captured in Berlin last summer, and Teddy Tamgho, the 21-year-old Frenchman who broke the world indoor record in March and who jumped a whopping 17.98m at the New York Diamond League meeting in June. So who will become the third man to triple jump through the 18m barrier: Olsson, Idowu or Tamgho? "I think I'd be the least likely of the three of us right now," Olsson pondered. "I'd say Teddy. I think he could still do it this season if he can come back and still wants a little bit of ... not revenge, but if he is ready for a rematch of the European Championships. I think he can do it. I don't think Phillips will do it because he's too satisfied with winning the European Championships. If anybody's going to do it now, it's going to be Teddy. "After the qualification round in Barcelona, I was expecting him to jump 18m in the final there.

He jumped 17.37m landing standing straight up in qualifying but just 5cm further in the final. I think the reason he didn't win was because of the injury problem he had from the French Championships. He didn't have the preparation that he needed." Still, surely Olsson had to admire Idowu for rising to the big occasion again, as he had done in Berlin last summer? "Yeah," the Swede replied, "Phillips started his career not being a championship jumper and he's turned that around. I think it's a lot to do with his coach [Aston Moore]. If you have a good coach, it points you in the right direction, and Phillips has been motivated to change that pattern. "I was looking at him during the final in Barcelona and, even when he jumped 17.81m, he remained very focused, not cheering too much, not thinking it was a done deal. Everybody knows Teddy can jump far and 17.81m might not have been enough. But it was that day, so good for Phillips. "I think he has changed over the years. Everybody changes somewhat.

I think the more we compete together it becomes less competitive off the track, and more friendly on the track as well. I never felt that Phillips was unfriendly but there's definitely more conversation going on now on the track, at least when it's not championship time." For Idowu, coming from Britain, it must be especially difficult following in the footsteps of Edwards. "They are big footsteps to fill," Olsson said. "I think having the world record as your national record is difficult. Even though Phillips is also one of the best jumpers of all time, he's always going to be compared with the No 1. But he has to walk his own way and do his own meets and try to beat his own personal best, and not think too much about what Edwards has done. "I think he's doing just that. I mean, he's world champion, European champion. And there might be more to come." More about:

Question: Which Briton broke the world triple jump record in 1995
Answer: Jonathan Edwards